From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Telegram reporting the collapse of pistons number four, five, and six on the skirt.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\1\ scan0259 | |
| Date | 12th October 1935 | |
| To: HIVES ROYCAR DERBY. Message: = PISTONS NUMBER FOUR FIVE SIX COLLAPSED SIDEWAYS ON SKIRT CAUSING KNOCK STOP NO CRACKS = HANCOCK +++++. Origin details: 299 CL E 1604 12 CHATEAUROUX 18. Stamped: DERBY 12OCT35 0194. | ||